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Btrfs/ZFS/bcachefs under workloads classic benchmarks skip

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  1. bhaney · · focus · HN ↗
    Seeing great results from bcachefs just makes me more sad that Kent and the other kernel devs couldn't come to an understanding to keep bcachefs in-tree. I want to use it for my storage arrays so badly, but I'm still stuck with btrfs as the only available in-tree filesystem with modern features.
    1. koverstreet · · focus · HN ↗
      NixOS. You can't go wrong.
      1. Sha1rholder · · focus · HN ↗
        What do u mean NixOS? It's an OS not a file system
        1. koverstreet · · focus · HN ↗
          NixOS thoroughly solves all the external module fragility. They also do distro level CI testing.
    2. khajdamowicz · · focus · HN ↗
      You can use NASty as NAS appliance. It's based on NixOS, offers flexibility, atomic upgrades and all bells and whistles of bcachefs.
    3. locknitpicker · · focus · HN ↗
      > Seeing great results from bcachefs just makes me more sad that Kent and the other kernel devs couldn't come to an understanding to keep bcachefs in-tree.

      I think you are sugarcoating the shit show that was bcachefs's history of involvement in the linux kernel. I mean, do I need to mention that the person was subjected to a code of conduct enforcement action due to his long history of abuse and unprofessional behavior?

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      1. bhaney · · focus · HN ↗
        No, you probably didn&#x27;t need to mention that.
    4. RX14 · · focus · HN ↗
      Personally I&#x27;ve had 0 issues with the bcachefs dkms packages from distro repos. Unlike zfs it keeps up with upstream kernel releases so it&#x27;s far less hassle than running zfs dkms.
      1. hnarn · · focus · HN ↗
        &gt; Unlike zfs it keeps up with upstream kernel releases

        Most normal users and especially servers have no reason to run latest upstream kernels

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